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FAMILY DAY EVEnTS
HERALD THEATRE SuppORTED BY FREEMASOnS FOunDATIOn
IF TICkETS ARE REQuIRED, BOOk AT TICkETMASTER
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MOnSTER-SIzED: RAYMOnD MCGRATH
SunDAY MAY 17 – 10.25-10.40AM HERALD THEATRE FOYER – unDER 5s FREE – nO TICkET REQuIRED
Drawing and storytelling about monster-sized friendships with Raymond McGrath, author of the exuberant picture books Have You Seen a Monster and It’s Not
a Monster, It’s Me!
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COnSTRuCTIOn: SALLY SuTTOn
SunDAY MAY 17 – 11.25-11.40AM HERALD THEATRE FOYER – unDER 5s FREE – nO TICkET REQuIRED
Sally Sutton dons her hi-vis vest and hard hat to read some of her much loved books including Construction and Catch That Plane.
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BEST MATES: pHILIppA WERRY
SunDAY MAY 17 – 10.15-10.45AM HERALD THEATRE – AGES 5-10 FREE BuT TICkETED
Philippa Werry takes her audience on a journey to faraway lands as she tells the story of best mates who go to fight at Gallipoli, inspired by her Bob Kerr- illustrated book Best Mates.
ALpHABET SOup: JEnnY pALMER
SunDAY MAY 17 – 11.15-11.45AM HERALD THEATRE AGES 5-10 FREE BuT TICkETED
Jenny Palmer leads an energetic session of poetry crafting, talking animals and the alphabet as the starting point for creating a Festival rhyme live in the theatre.
MOnkEY BOY: DOnOVAn BIXLEY
SunDAY MAY 17 – 12.15-12.45pM HERALD THEATRE, AGES 5-10 FREE BuT TICkETED
Award-winning children’s illustrator Donovan Bixley takes his young audience on a rollicking ocean-going adventure with Young Jimmy, the youngest member of Nelson’s navy, and the hero of his hit comic novel Monkey Boy.
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